Last night I noted Glenn Thrush’s scoop in Politico about how incoming Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) got all bent out of shape at that freshman orientation when he found out that he’d have to wait a month after being sworn into office to get his government run/subsidized health care. “This is the only employer I’ve ever worked for where you don’t get coverage the first day you are employed,” said Harris.
My sense when I found out about the story was that that kind of wait isn’t at all out of the ordinary if you’re not an affluent professional. Harris is an anesthesiologist. And sure enough, this recent study says the average amount of time a new employee has to wait to get on the company health care plan is just over 2 months. And about a third of people have to wait three months or more.
